Another example would be, when you throw something in the trashcan in a public place, and it doesn’t go inside, you might leave it there thinking its embarrassing to pick the trash from ground and put it back in trashcan. But if you do, the other person might get more confidence to do the same when it happens to him/her.

Also fully agree with Naresh: tackle it at a lower level. This is NOT a solution, not long term, not short term. In Pronoy’s words, all this does is make some people “eligible to be oppressed”. Empower them the right way (teach independence, freedom of thought, make aware fundamental rights, do much more in addition to all of these right at the level of education in schools.. have training programs for teachers to treat male and female students alike, test teachers for such biases before hiring them in schools..this is just off the top of my head, there’s SO MUCH you can do at the right level. This is an easy way out which makes them feel good, but really does nothing for anybody.

Well, I think I need not use Gandhi’s example here, but what I wanted to say was that Gandhi’s non-violence movement was ideal, but seemed unrealistic, though it did worked. Here, ideally we shouldn’t have any reservations, but we do need them IMO.

I agree, what females need more is education and the ability to stand for themselves, and I think this reservation will give them the platform for that.

I don’t get what you wanted to say by mentioning that you don’t fully support Gandhi philosophy – how does that figure here?

And, yes, 1/3rd is just fine. What the female gender (in India) needs more is a good education and the ability to stand for themselves. Rest shall follow.